Mayan immigrant weaves new life in Oakland- Inside Bay Area

“The East Bay’s Guatemalan population grew by at least 60 percent between 2000 and 2006, and may have even tripled or quadrupled, according to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Though the bureau’s numbers include a wide margin of error, Alameda County is now home to an estimated 9,000 Guatemalans, more than a quarter of the Guatemalan population for the Bay Area as a whole, census figures show. A large proportion of them are indigenous Mayans, scholars say.”

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